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...In that light, the persistence of inflation in the UK and the interest rate hawkishness at the European Central Bank conference last week are somewhat worrying....
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...weakening under the impact of high interest rates, one of several headwinds faced by the US economy including the possibility of a federal government shutdown (see below), surging oil prices, strikes in the Midwest...
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...Born in Ohio to a community banker and a homemaker, Herbert had only left the Midwest a handful of times before he went to college in Boston....
...With bank failures a fairly regular occurrence, particularly in the agricultural Midwest, depositors had to be wary....
...Treasury officials and other government authorities, including the central bank, maintain the economy will skirt a painful contraction later this year or next, even though they expect growth to slow....
...The company invests the vast majority of its $130.6bn of cash in short-term Treasury bills and bank deposits....
...The concerns over corporate America come at a time when market participants are also keeping a keen eye on policy meetings at the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve this week....
...Spy balloons over the American Midwest, warnings from Beijing of a clash if Washington “doesn’t hit the brakes” and intense congressional scrutiny of investment in China — there could hardly be a less auspicious...
...The concerns over corporate America come at a time when market participants are also keeping an eye on policy meetings at the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve this week....
...Already the region is home to many of the world’s largest companies including Walmart, Bank of America, Lowe’s, and newer high-growth companies such as Tesla....
...“But housing is more affordable in the Midwest and the South — and that does explain the difference.”...
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